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They're not accountable. they're not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that's coming out of this white house. and then saying, don't worry, we're preventing the other 10%. >> this person clearly wants to be seen as a hero and be fitted for their superman cape but who elected this person to run the government? by the way, they're like, but we're making sure the rich people get their tax cuts, don't worry. >> yeah, yeah, which is kind of like -- yeah, it's -- it tells you exactly where they really are in all of this. but, look, it's self-serving. they're not a hero ...

Think that's the case. i think he's not been able to deliver -- couldn't deliver for hillary clinton, but he still has this obama base that's out there that could come out in the midterm race. i think that's who he's speaking to. >> let's play a clip. this is president obama speaking about the unnamed senior trump administration official writing this very, very damning article in "the new york times." listen to this. >> the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly aren't following the president's orders, that is not a check. i'm bein...

Congress, and they're there, they're quoted saying, yeah, we know this is kind of crazy, are still bending over backwards to shield this behavior from scrutiny or accountability or consequence, seem utterly unwilling to find the backbone to safeguard the institutions that make our democracy work. and by the way, the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly aren't following the president's orders, that is not a check. i'm being serious here. that's not how our democracy's supposed to work. these people aren't elected. they're not acco...

The straw frankly. i think the straw happened a long time ago and he's dead man walking. >> president obama, former president obama gave a speech today and he said a lot of harsh and tough things about president trump but he did say something that almost defended trump from the op-ed. i want you to take a listen. >> the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly aren't following the president's orders, that is not a check. i'm being serious. here. that's not how our democracy's supposed to work. these people aren't elected. they're not...

He took his first big step back in politics with a major speech ahead of this year's mid-term elections. the former president warned that the author of the op-ed in the white house and others are not enough to check this president. >> that is not a check. i'm being serious here. it's not how our democracy is supposed to work. these people aren't elected. they're not accountable. they're not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that is coming out of this white house and saying don't worry, we're preventing the other 10%. >> and an obama aide said that today's speech i...